The installation has been under construction since spring 2015 and now consists of 32 soloists connected via a field bus (CAN). An extension of the orchestra is
planned.

What fascinated me about the ratchets was not only the "making noise", but also the dimensions of the content.

In Catholicism, the takeover of the too beautiful, too festive bell call in Holy Week from Good Friday to Easter Sunday by rattling ratchet groups in the alleys or
from the church towers. In Judaism, ratchets are used at the Purim Festival to celebrate protection from the impending genocide in Persia. In concrete terms, Haman, who planned this genocide, is
drowned out by ratchet noise while speaking, while the book Esther is read out. Hitler knew about this analogy, about this equation with Haman (but of course he wanted to be more successful).
There are precious ratchets set with precious stones in Stirling silver for "ritual" synagogal use, but the normal wooden ratchets are also in use in children's hands.

The interesting thing is that the Passion period was exactly the time of the Christian Jewish pogroms. Already 1096 Jew massacres took place at the beginning of the
first crusade. Before the Muslims, the "enemies of Christianity", were expelled from the Holy Land, the crusaders wanted to expel the Jews from their own local territories. At the same time, the
time of the Passion must therefore be regarded as a distinct time of suffering for Jews. From the crusades there is still another connection to the ratchet, because often leprosy was brought
along and the leprosy or Lazarusklapper developed, with which the sick had to warn before itself.

Also in the trenches of the 1st world war was already warned against gas attacks with ratchets, a warning (or in the figurative sense driving away) function is to be
ascribed to the ratchets also at the carnival. In Hungary, for example, ratchets are used to celebrate the liberation from Turkish rule, in football stadiums they are used for applause and to
raise the mood, and last but not least ratchets are also used as percussion or musical instruments.

Ratchets, which can be very loud, have not only a fun dimension, but also a warning and protest function - recommendation: remove hearing aids!